adjective
- not consecrated or blessed; not sacred
- wicked or evil; morally corrupt
Usage: formal
Usage: literary
Examples
- The ancient burial ground was considered unhallowed by the local church.
- They refused to bury him in unhallowed ground.
- The unhallowed rituals were forbidden by religious law.
- His unhallowed deeds brought shame upon his family.
- The cemetery’s unhallowed section was reserved for outcasts.
- She spoke of unhallowed practices in hushed tones.
- The unhallowed shrine had been abandoned for decades.